How good is Ranieri ?

sorry i cant give you a bio or anything since i'm not a fan, but incase u dont know, he is the current coach of chelsea who are currenlty fourth in the EPL... its not bad considering the state they were in before his arrival.... they now tend to have big margins in wins but also are prone to being beaten by lowly opposition on occasion.

in all i dont rate him that highly, i think the safe, sure bet would be irureta... the more i think about it the more i like it...

did anyone see the depor-mallorca match !? tristan's hat-trik was the icing on the cake i'm sure he would blitz the opposition if he came to barca paired with saviola up front ! some say irureta is too defensive, but i disagree, depor looked stunning against mallorca and also agianst quality teams like Man Utd earlier in the CL campaign.. depor do look good to watch these days, and thgere is a certain technical disciple that i also like in their side....

anyhow it seems pointless to debate whos coming, the socios seem to want bianchi, who i'm not too sure will work out well here... he'ld have to get used to la liga for starters.... irureta is a proven winner with limited resources.

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Barça Job: the Socios Want Carlos Bianchi
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04/07/2002. According to a poll conducted by local newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona's fans would like to see Argentine coach Carlos Bianchi sit on the Catalan bench next season. Bianchi collected 27% of the votes, only one percent more than Celta's Victor Fernandez. Surprisingly, former tecnico Louis Van Gaal came in third with 16%

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cheers

Monday, April 8, 2002
Ranieri won't rule out Barca
By Adrian Curtis

Chelsea coach Claudio Ranieri has not ruled himself out of the running for the Barcelona job.

Ranieri: Barca move?
(PhilCole/Allsport)
The Italian, who is in talks with the Stamford Bridge club over a new three-year contract worth around £40,000-a-week, has been identified by the Spanish giants as a possible replacement for Carlos Rexach at the Nou Camp.

Barcelona confirmed that Ranieri is one of three names on their shortlist and Ranieri said: 'It is very flattering when your name is mentioned in relation to a club like Barcelona.

'At the same time, these stories do not distract me from my objectives of giving my all to Chelsea to achieve fourth place in the Premiership and reach the FA Cup final.'

Ranieri had held detailed negotiations with Chelsea over a new three-year contract but Barcelona's vice-president Angel Fernandez said that Ranieri, Boca Juniors coach Carlos Bianchi and Javier Irureta of Deportivo La Coruna have been sounded out for Rexach's job.

Ranieri is in his second season at Stamford Bridge and still has one more year of his contract to run.

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